There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies — public and private — are falling.

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organisation.

And two big changes have happened that are widely known — in the past quarter the value of some very high profile companies such as LinkedIn and Twitter have fallen substantially plus Fidelity (usually a public market investor) has written down the value of many of its later-stage private-company investments and made the downward valuations known.

The Series E financing round was led by European private equity group Bridgepoint, General Catalyst (an investor in the likes of Stripe, Airbnb, Jet.com, Snapchat and Warby Parker) and prior backer DST Global. Another returning investor is Greenoaks Capital.

As covered in our recently published EU tech funding report for Q2 2016, investment activity in Europe, Israel and Turkey took a minor hit in the second quarter of 2016, with a slight drop in both funding deals and total investment volume compared to the previous quarter.

However, at €4.1 billion, Q2 2016 was still higher than any quarter in 2015.When it comes to exit activity, the situation was quite similar in Q2: 165 European and Israeli technology companies exited, combining for €22 billion in exit value. 45% of those companies were VC-backed, totalling for €2.4 billion.

All figures represent a considerable decrease compared to the previous quarter. But, as you’ll be able to find out when you grab a copy of our in-depth and comprehensive Q2 2016 exits report, there’s a lot more to consider when analysing exit activity in Q2, and also a handful of facts that make it a relevant and impactful quarter in and of itself.

The First Retailer to IPO This Year Gets a Tepid Response From Wall Street

Home décor retailer At Home isn’t receiving the warmest of welcomes from investors.

The brick-and-mortar retailer on Thursday debuted on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HOME, with shares most recently trading at $15.15 apiece—just 15 cents above the issue price.

That’s well below the average 16.2% pop achieved by all initial public offerings made so far this year, and also misses the 13.5% average for home furnishing retailers since 2002, according to IPO ETF manager Renaissance Capital.

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